I'd like to play Ian Paisley, actually. I'd need building up, though he's very frail now.

It's extraordinary to look into a baby's face and see a piece of your flesh and your spirit. It makes you realize you are a part of the human race.

Well, from an acting point of view, I bear no relation, I don't look like Alfred Kinsey at all, but I thought somewhere in my artist's soul, my actor's soul, I could capture something of the spirit of the man.

Well, I think I've made 44 films and only like four times I've played real characters I'm just drawn to people who have a pioneer spirit, this extraordinary energy and commitment to their cause.

I don't know if I'm a strict parent or a pushover.

Rihanna is a very talented person. One of those people who are able to do whatever they want with great results.

I will never become a director or a movie producer. I was always looking at picture directing because I didn't know what to do! You can't be a movie director without real preparation.

Why would anyone ever tell anything personal to a journalist?

I get fed up with plots that are driven by someone constantly getting information on a computer.

If I get rejected for a part, I pick myself up and say, 'OK, not today, maybe tomorrow I'll get this other part or something.'

I have often found that no matter where I meet people in the world, there is a path that leads back to Queen's.

Queen's University flies the flag for the arts in Northern Ireland and beyond.

I have to make it my job to be careful with my family.

I came to water late. I learned to swim at the age of 20.

I keep fit as much as I can.

I don't think I'm funny.

Looking out for your children is an ongoing process throughout your life.

You think your life is going one way and then suddenly, you're on another track.

Before 'Schindler's List,' I wouldn't have believed movies had a lot of power for social change.

It's best to keep acting real.

I can always act.

I've never been in a street fight.

You can't act being a boxer. It's like being on stage.

I certainly notice the vitality in Belfast, which wasn't there in the Seventies. There was a war going on then. Now there are cranes everywhere. There really is a sense of renewal and hope.

Make gifts meaningful by putting the time in creating them, whether baking and cooking, or in making arts and craft. It will all have more meaning for the giver and receiver.

Traditions are our roots and a profile of who we are as individuals and who we are as a family. They are our roots, which give us stability and a sense of belonging - they ground us.

Food feeds our souls. It is the single great unifier across all cultures. The table offers a sanctuary and a place to come together for unity and understanding.

Italian food is seasonal. It is simple. It is nutritionally sound. It is flavorful. It is colorful. It's all the things that make for a good eating experience, and it's good for you.

When I say, 'Everybody to the table and eat,' I mean it. That is the glue, the center that holds the family, that gives security. Good food brings everybody to the table.

The Caprese salad perfectly represents the colors of the Italian flag. While I am not so sure that the colors of the flag stem from the cuisine, there is no denying that those colors do evoke a typical Italian plate.

Make your refrigerator or freezer like a treasure chest.

It's in the nature of Italians to live life with a positive tone and to celebrate the invitations that come along in life. Italian food is so conducive to all of that.

The service of food is to nurture, to please, to nourish.

If you're like me, food is a medium for communication. It's an expression of love and affection.

Italian food really reflects the people. It reflects like a prism that fragments into regions.

Italians are very conscious of what they eat, how they eat, and its digestion.

I think a ricotta cheesecake is very easy to make.

Cooking is good therapy for me.

If I'm not tasting wine and food... I'm thinking about wine and food. If I'm not thinking about wine and food... I'm writing about wine and food.

I'm not an entertainer - that's not what I do. I want to teach viewers; I want to show them. I want to share my culture.

As a chef, I feel that it is my duty to make the most of what the earth gives us.

I think traditions change and modify with each generation. With new members joining the family, their customs and traditions have to be respected and combined with the exiting traditions. And the children that follow are part of that new evolving tradition and, as they grow, will have input that will, in turn, continue to evolve that tradition.

In 1981, we opened Felidia, and the newspapers, the city papers, the big timers came, and I got invited on the 'Today Show' and so on. A lot of food luminaries would come to Felidia - Julia Child, James Beard, they all came.

Vin brule is a version of mulled wine enjoyed in Piemonte, in northwestern Italy. It's a perfect choice for holiday entertaining because you can double or even triple the recipe and leave it over very low heat, ladling it out as your guests come in from the cold.

I love making apple strudel.

Food is the common language for all of us.

Everybody can cook. You don't have to do anything fancy. You can do a nice antipasto spread with sardines, anchovies, some meats, marinated vegetables, fruits, cheese, nuts, and crackers.

I found great rewards in cooking a dish and feeding it to someone. It was a means of communicating. I was giving part of my talent or my gift and sharing it with somebody, making somebody happy. And it gave a lot back to me, and I wanted to do more and more.

When you sit down to eat at a table, you are ready to take in nourishment - we all need to eat to live. Even in primal tribes, people ate together. It's the opening for friendship.

Holidays - any holiday - are such a great opportunity to focus on bringing the family together.